Bed-rail fastening



Dec. 9, 1924. I 1,518,969

D. F. DYKE BED RAIL FASTENING Filed May 12, 1919 i 5 /5 V- {9 l O) AZ m e M 7 z 9 Z 5 m W I i 1 1 i i I 15206;? a Ja7f6Z/,w%'6,

Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DARRELL F. DYKE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE SENG- COMPANY,

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BED-RAIL, FASTENING.

Application filed May 12,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DARRELL F. DYKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Rail Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a fastening for metal bed rails and although designed and. intended for use in connection with a wooden bed post, it may also be adapted for use with metal posts as well. The principal object of the invention is to provide a fastener of this kind which operates with a wedging action to secure a bed rail in a receiving box in such a manner that the rails are invertible, reversible and interchangeable.

Another object of the invention is to make the housing of a single sheet metal blank and to form the parts thereof so that the attachment of a cross-rail will assist in strengthening the housing. Other objects will appear hereinafter. The invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of the parts.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective looking at the underside of the bed rail fastener constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention; Fig. 2 illustrates a blank of which the housing is made; Fig. 3 is a sectional view; and Fig. 4. is a section taken on the line 4t of Fig. 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the housing is formed up out of a single blank 1 of sheet metal which is adapted to be attached to a. bed post 2 by means of fastening screws 3. The blank comprises flaps 4 in which are perforations 5. When the flaps are bent so that they overlap the perforations 5 register with each other so that the fastening devices 3 may be inserted therethrough and into the supporting post 2. In bending the blank so that the flaps 4 overlap, sides 6 and 7 are formed, and ex tending from the sides respectively are per forated ears 8 and 9 which are disposed ad jacent each other at right angles thereto, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. so that across-rail. 10 may be attached thereto and the housing thus strengthened.

The blank thus formed up provides rectangular box or housing open at the outer end and into which a side rail 11 may be in- 1919. Serial No. 296,284.

serted. and to sufficiently strengthen the housing, a brace 12 is attached to the top of the housing and to the bottom thereof by extending a reduced portion of the brace through suitable apertures in the top and bottom and by riveting the protruding ends 13 thereof. The reduced section of the brace 12 is eX- tended somewhat inwardly from the riveted ends thereof to form inclined shoulders 14. A U-shaped wedging member 15 fits loosely in the housing and has slots 16 in its ends which adapts it to straddlethe reduced ends of brace 12, and the inside of each eX- tremity is formed with a wedging surface 17 which bears against the corresponding inclined shoulder 14. of the brace 12. EX- tending loosely through the side wall 6 of the housing and threaded into the member 15 is a screw 18 which may have a winged or slots 20 in the rail will extend around one end of the brace 12 and around the screw 18. By references to Fig. 4 it will be seen that when one web of the rail 11 is in a horizontal position it will extend around the upper end of the brace 12 as shown in full line, and when the rail is partially inverted so that this web stands in a vertical position, as indicated by the broken outline in this figure, the slot 20 therein will embrace the screw 18. Thus the rail is invertible, and as the opposite ends of the rail are similarly formed, it is reversible, and different rails of the same size are interchangeable.

In order to secure a rail in position after it is inserted in the housing, the screw 18 is turned to draw the wedging member up tightly bringing the wedging surface 17 against the inclined shoulders 11 which causes the extremities to be spread out wardly binding the rail tightly in position. in order to release a rail the screw 18 is simply loosened. With this co.-structio.n it is obvious that the clamping means is always attached to the housing and there is no danger of the parts becoming separated or In order to secure the rail in place tion of across-piece 10 connectingthe per forated ears 8 and 9. ItIWillbe' observed that there is a double Wedging action of the member 15, as it is necessary for only-oneof' the extremities to engage one Web of the angle bar or rail 11 in order to hold the lat terin place in either position.

What Ilclaim is: I

12 Iii a 'b'edra'ilfasteni'ng, a housing havinga rectangular opening, a brace extendingbetwe enoppiosit'e sides of the housing in the-opening; a- Wedging member engaging the" brace and movable transversely in the housing, and a side" rail insertable in the housing and adapted to be engaged in either one? of'tWo' positions by the Wedging member: y I

2. In a b edrail-fastening, a housinghaviiigjare'ctangular opening, a brace extending between" opposite sides in the housing, a meniber movable'on the brace and engaged thereby-for WedgingJmovement, and a rail insertab'le' in the housing and held therein by said member.

In a fasteningjfor angle bar bed rails, a liousingatta'chable to a post and having a" rectangular opening, and a U-shaped Wedgfing member. transversely movable in thesani'e path inthe housing for engaging in the aiigl'eof an angle bar in either one of two p ositionsand having means for preventin'g'the removal of the member from the: housing.

' it' In an angle bar fastening, a housing having arectangulai"opening, a brace con neoting opposite sides of the housing and formedwith oppositely inclined inner shoul- ('lfers'; memberstraddling the brace and having" inclined portions engageable With the shoulders, and. means to move the member'j transversely in the housing.

5; In abedIra-il fastening for angle bar rails,- a'housing formed ofa single-sheet of material folded to: form a rectangular box into Whichthe rail is iiisertable, a centrally disposedbrace' connecting opposite sides of the box, and Wedging' means operating in conjunction with the brace and engaging in the angleof a rail for clamping it in the box in a plurality ofdifi'erent angular positionsf. v

6.' The combination with an angle bar bed rail, of a housing with reetaiigularly disposedsides', a'bra-ce connecting opposite sides of 1 11 h llSiI g, an angula 'ly bent Wedgiiig'inemb er movable transversely in the housing and engageable with said'brace for wedging action, and means for moving the member" in the housing, the. angle bar havingiendslots-in-its Webs Which adapt it to extend around the end of the brace in eitli'er 'one of two reversed positions in the housing, and the Wedging member engag- 1 ing in the angle of'tlie bed rail in either position to hold it in place.

7. The conibiiiation with a housing haw ing-a. rectangular opening, ofa cross-piece extending. therein between opposite sides and havinginoline'd shoulders, a'U shaped member straddling the ends of' the cross piece and-having raised surfaces to. engage the shoulders, a member extending through the side of the housing an'd threaded' into the U-sh'aped member, an angle bar having end slots in its Webs Which adaptit to em brace one end ofthe cross-bar; and'the member threaded into the U-sha-pedniember; in either one of ttvo positions.

8. In a fastening for angular metal bed I rails, a housing having-a rectangularopening, a single slottedrivedging 111811113615'1116511'1'5 for moving the member" transversely in the housing to engage in the angle of a. railin either of llWO onnosite positions, andfixed supportiwithin the housing engaging intlie slots of" andlimiting'the' Wedging member to atransverse' nioveiiientf and preventing its disengagement from .tlie'liousing.

9-.LIn" a fastening for angle barbed rails,

member transversely, and'means Within the housing and attached thereto foreifectiiig the Wedgiiig action of'the said member when it is moved transversely to grip an angle bar inserted between the housing" and: the

member in'either one of two di'lferenta-ngii- 'lar positions DARRELL; F. DYKE. 

